1. Open to arguments, ideas, or change
   "receptive to reason and the logic of facts"
    
2. Ready or willing to receive favourably
   "receptive to the proposals";
   - open
    
3. Of a nerve fibre or impulse originating outside and passing toward the central nervous system
   "receptive neurons";
   - centripetal, sensory
    
4. Able to absorb liquid (not repellent)
   "the paper is ink-receptive"

See also: absorbent, absorptive, acceptant, acceptive, admissive, afferent, assimilative, hospitable, pervious